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January 23 SWAC Women’s Basketball honors

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Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference The Southwestern Athletic Conference has named Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s Zaay Green and Bethune-Cookman’s O’Mariyah Tucker its SWAC Women’s Basketball Players of the Week for their impressive performances during games played this past week.   Player  Green notched her third triple-double of the season with 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field versus FAMU. She tallied 10 rebounds, and 11 assists during UAPB’s win over Florida A&M. The triple-double moved Green to 2nd in the nation in that category. Green followed her triple-double with 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the…

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Alcorn takes down Prairie View, 90-78

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title image via Alcorn State Athletics Courtesy of Alcorn State Sports 78 PVAM 90 Winner Alcorn Team 1 2 F PVAM 31  47  78 Alcorn 49  41  90 Davey L. Whitney Complex erupted in the final seconds of the Alcorn State University men’s basketball game against Prairie View A&M University as Kevin Firle drained a free throw basket to set the final score at 90-78.     The Braves (3-15, 2-3 SWAC) controlled much of the game and garnered their biggest lead of 26 points with 10:36 left in the second half. ASU outscored the…

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Evans Jr. helps power Jackson State past Texas Southern 73-64

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title image via Shantalle Demirjian Courtesy of Jackson State Athletics JACKSON, Miss. – Ken Evans Jr. scored 25 points to help lead the Jackson State men’s basketball team past the Texas Southern Tigers 73-64 at home Monday inside the Lee E. Williams Athletics & Assembly Center live on ESPNU. In scoring those 25 points, Evens joined an elite list, becoming the latest Tiger to score over 1,000 points at Jackson State.  Evans added eight rebounds, four assists, and three steals to his 25-point game to lead the Tigers (8-10, 4-1 SWAC). Zeke Cook contributed 12…

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Florida A&M drops close one to UAPB, 99-97

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Title image via FAMU Athletics 97 FAMU 99 Winner UAPB Team 1 2 F FAMU 46  51  97 UAPB 42  57  99 PINE BLUFF, Ark. — The Florida A&M men’s basketball team got a 30-point performance from the bench, but fell 99-97 to the UAPB Golden Lions on the road Saturday. The Rattlers (2-13, 0-4) had four players score in double figures, led by Jalen Speer, who had 29 points, nine assists and two steals. Keith Lamar tacked on 17 points and eight rebounds and Shannon Grant chipped in as well with 13 points. Florida A&M did an…

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Jackson State falls at home to Prairie View 71-62

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title image via Shantalle Deirjian 71 Winner PVAM 62 JSU Team 1 2 F PVAM 31  40  71 JSU 26  36  62 JACKSON, Miss. – Jordan O’Neal recorded his first double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds, but the Jackson State men’s basketball team fell to the Prairie View A&M Panthers 71-62 Saturday night at the Lee E. Williams Athletics & Assembly Center. O’Neal had a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Tigers (7-10, 3-1 SWAC), who had two players score in double figures. Ken Evans Jr.added 19…

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Bethune-Cookman cleans up Mississippi Valley, 76-57

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title image Romeo T. Guzman 76 Winner BCU 57 MVSU Team 1 2 3 4 F BCU 19  16  15  26  76 MVSU 20  11  8  18  57 ITTA BENA, Miss. – Kayla Clark and Chanel Wilson each scored 16 points Saturday evening as Bethune-Cookman powered past a formidable Mississippi Valley State, 76-57 in Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Women’s Basketball action in front of 2,012 patrons at R.W. Harrison HPER Complex. With Bethune-Cookman (11-6, 2-2 SWAC) leading 35-31 at the beginning of the second half, the visiting Wildcats surged to their first double-digit lead of the…

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Southern goes down to Grambling on the road

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Willie D. Scott, Associate Director of Strategic Communications | Director of Media Relations, Southern University GRAMBLING, LA —  The Jaguars got off to a slow start and was never able to recover dropping their second conference game to Grambling on Saturday afternoon inside Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. Final score was 69-45. HOW IT HAPPENED– The Tigers outscored the Jaguars 19-10 to end the first quarter to take a 9-point lead after the first ten minutes of the contest, 19-10.– The Tigers outscored the Jaguars 30-9 to blow the game wide…

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Texas Sourthern falls to Alcorn 69-51

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title image via Texas Southern Athletics The Texas Southern was up 31-27 at the half but couldn’t hold on as they fell 69-51 to Alcorn State on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers ( 3-12 Overall, 2-3 SWAC) were paced by Nya Harmon who registered 11 points, six rebounds, and three assists. Taniya Lawson added 10 points, respectively.  Alcorn State (4-11, 2-2) was led offensively by Zy’Nyia White. Destiny Brown and Tyginae Wright added 16 and 11 points.  The Lady Braves led 16-10 after one quarter. Greta Galvan opened the second quarter…

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Prairie View/Arkansas Pine Bluff basketball games postponed

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The men’s and women’s basketball matches between Prairie View and Texas Southern that were scheduled today have been postponed due to adverse weather conditions in the area. Updates on rescheduled times for these games will be provided as they avail themselves.

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FAMU women’s hoops to close out non-conference schedule Friday night at North Florida

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title image via Florida A&M Athletics Courtesy of Florida A&M Athletics Florida A&M women’s basketball will close their non-conference slate at North Florida tomorrow night. The Rattlers are coming off a two-game road trip in Michigan, where they dropped contests to Detroit Mercy and the University of Michigan.  Who: Florida A&M (1-9, 0-0 SWAC) North Florida (5-8, 0-0 ASUN) When: Friday, December 29, at 7:00 p.m. ET Where: UNF Arena  Where to watch: ESPN+ Match up history The Rattlers are 0-4 all-time against the Ospreys.  Non-conference Recap The Rattlers have…

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